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Push to improve cycling in the city
'
One of our aims is
to foster a cycling
culture in Auckland by
making cycling more
attractive and safe.
'
Matthew Rednall
Auckland Transport
Melbourne s cyclists have it
sweet compared with their
Auckland counterparts.
That was one of many
things to emerge from a cyc-
ling seminar hosted by Auck-
land Transport this month.
The council-controlled or-
ganisation brought together
international speakers and
local transport specialists to
share ideas about taking cyc-
ling to the next level in the
city.
Guest speaker and Bicycle
Victoria chief executive
Harry Barber presented a
case study from Melbourne
which has undergone a
remarkable transformation.
In recent years tens of
thousands of workers from
the inner suburbs have
switched to bikes to get to
work.
Part of the change was
because of improved facili-
ties.
Installing park and ride
bike cages at train stations
and providing improved sepa-
ration between cycle lanes
and motor vehicle lanes are
two examples.
Secure bike cages encour-
aged cyclists to bike the short
trip to the station, lock away
their bike, and then board the
train.
Instead of a painted line
indicating a cycle lane, low
mountable kerbs were
installed giving cyclists a
more defined space from on-
road traffic thereby improv-
ing cyclists safety.
Auckland Transport s com-
munity transport manager
Matthew Rednall says
hosting the cycling seminar is
a first for Auckland Trans-
port.
One of our aims is to foster
a cycling culture in Auckland
by making cycling more
attractive and safe, he says.
Cycling has increased in
Auckland by an average of 20
percent between 2007 and
2010 and is becoming an
increasingly popular way to
get to work, school and for
leisure.
Mr Rednall says bringing
together cycling specialists
and transport planners
allowed the sharing of ideas
and learning how other cities
approach the development of
cycling initiatives and infra-
structure.
Mr Barber says the boom
in bike commuting has
governments and transport
authorities scrambling to
keep up with the need for
new facilities for riders.
Not only does there have
to be a big lift in investment
but the right decisions have
to be made so that bike riders
are properly provided for
without wasting taxpayers
money.
Bikes are now a main-
stream form of transport and
every time a government or
local government makes a
decision on transport bikes
have to be considered along
with the other modes.
Funeral pre-planning a caring option
Resthaven Funerals: Rachel Benns and Raewyn Proctor
can help with pre-arranging funerals.
Putting certain arrange-
ments in place and pre-
paying your own funeral
is as natural as promis-
ing a favourite piece of
jewellery or art object to
a family member.
It is simply you saying,
I want my passing to be
a time of love and
remembrance, not one of
stress and financial
embarrassment.
Sohowdoyougo
about pre-arranging
your funeral?
Rachel Benns and
Raewyn Proctor, both
directors of Resthaven
Funerals with premises
in Manurewa and
Howick, are increasingly
asked this question --
and are well qualified to
answer it.
In their tenth year of
proud New Zealand own-
ership, they operate from
home-like, dignified
premises and employ a
team of eight profes-
sional staff all committed
to providing a person-
alised, caring service for
people of all cultures,
faiths and secular
beliefs.
As members of the
Funeral
Directors
Association of New Zea-
land (FDANZ), with
Rachel having a position
on the Executive, they
abide by the Code of Con-
duct set down by the
Association.
This includes pre-
planning and pre-paying
funerals only through
the FDANZ Funeral
Trust, which holds your
money in Trust indepen-
dently of any individual
funeral director.
Rachel and Raewyn
say that pre-arranging
funerals has become a
plan of choice for many
people following the
introduction of asset
testing for rest home
subsidies. Under the
Funeral Trust plan, up
to $10,000 can be paid
into an interest bearing
trust account without it
affecting asset tests.
You can start paying
into the plan early, so
over time the funds will
build up for when they
are needed. This way
there ll be peace of mind
rather than financial
burden at the time of
bereavement.
This recently devel-
oped plan fully complies
with the Financial
Advisers Act, and differs
from other plans which
require
continuous,
unbroken payments to
ensure the money is
eventually paid out.
The set-up fee is $100.
If commencing an auto-
matic payment the total
set-up fee including first
instalment is $200.
For further information,
phone Resthaven
Funerals on 267-2530.